List of political parties in Germany
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This is a list of political parties in Germany.
Germany has a multi-party system, with two large parties, three substantial smaller parties, and a number of minor parties.
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[edit] The parties
The following parties currently participate in the German parliament, the Bundestag, sorted by the number of seats (refer to the following links for details):
- Christian Democratic Union (CDU) / Christian Social Union (CSU), christian-democratic, centre-right: 27.8%, 180 seats and 7.4%, 46 seats
- Social Democratic Party (SPD), social democratic, centre-left: 34.2%, 222 seats
- Free Democratic Party (FDP), liberal, centre-right: 9.8%, 61 seats
- The Left (LINKE), socialist and eurocommunist, left-wing : 8.7%, 54 seats
- Alliance '90/The Greens green, centre-left: 8.1%, 51 seats
Other parties. In addition to those parties that won representation in the Bundestag in 2002, a variety of minor parties won a cumulative total of 3.0% of the vote, down from 5.9% in 1998. 22 other parties were on the ballot in one or more states, but not qualified for representation in the Bundestag. The far-right-wing (eg. neo-Nazi) parties remained fragmented and ineffectual at the national level.
[edit] Minor parties
[edit] More than 0.1% of the vote at the last federal elections
- National Democratic Party of Germany (Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands - NPD): 1.6%
- The Republicans (Die Republikaner - REP): 0.6%
- The Grays – Gray Panther (Die grauen Panther - GRAUE): 0.4%
- Family Party of Germany (Deutsche Familienpartei): 0.4%
- Human Environment Animal Welfare (Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz): 0.2%
- Party of Bible-abiding Christians (Partei Bibeltreuer Christen - PBC): 0.2%
[edit] Others
- Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (Anarchistische Pogo-Partei Deutschlands - APPD)
- Bavaria Party (Bayernpartei)
- Communist Party of Germany (Red Dawn)
- Communist Party of Germany (1990)
- German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei - ZENTRUM)
- German Communist Party (Deutsche Kommunistische Partei - DKP)
- Christian Centre Party (Christliche Mitte - CM)
- Citizens Make Politics (Bürger machen Politik)
- Civil Rights Movement Solidarity (Bürgerrechtsbewegung Solidarität - BüSo)
- Die Violetten - für spirituelle Politik
- Ecological Democratic Party (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei - ÖDP)
- Feminist Party of Germany (Feministische Partei - DIE FRAUEN)
- Free Voters (Freie Wähler)
- Marxist Leninist Party of Germany (Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands - MLPD)
- Die PARTEI (Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative - Die PARTEI), party created by editors of the satirical magazine titanic
- Projekt Partei Project Party
- Social Equality Party (Partei für Soziale Gleichheit - PSG)
- South Schleswig Voter Federation (Südschleswigscher Wählerverband - SSW) - this is the party of the Danish and frisian minorities in Germany
[edit] Defunct parties
- Law and Order Offensive Party (Partei Rechtsstaatlicher Offensive - Offensive D)
[edit] Historical parties
[edit] Parties existing before World War II
- Bavarian People's Party (BVP) - Bavarian Regionalist (1920-1933)
- Centre Party - Christian Democrat/Conservative (1871-1947)
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
- Communist Party Opposition (KPO)- Communist
- Conservative People's Party (KVP)
- Free Conservative Party (FKP)
- General German Workers' Association (ADAV)
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (USPD) - Socialist (1917-1922)
- German Conservative Party (DKP) - Conservative (before 1918)
- German Democratic Party (DDP) - Left-Liberal (1918-1930, became the German State Party, which lasted until 1933)
- German National People's Party (DNVP) - Nationalist-Conservative (1918-1933)
- German People's Party (DVP) - National-Liberal (1918-1933)
- German Progress Party (DFP) - Left-Liberal (before 1918)
- German Racialist Freedom Party (DVFP) - anti-semitic (early Weimar period)
- German Workers' Party (DAP) - precursor to the Nazi Party (1919)
- National Liberal Party - Right Liberal (before 1918)
- National Socialist German Workers' Party - aka the Nazi Party (NSDAP) (1919-1945)
- Progressive People's Party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, still in existence)
- Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (since 1875 Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (SAP) (between 1931 and 1941/45 a Social Democratic Party left of the SPD)
[edit] Defunct parties in (former) West Germany
- German Party (DP) - Conservative
- German Empire Party (DRP) - Far right (1949-64)
- German Right Party (DReP) - Far right (1946-51)
- Communist Party of Germany (KPD) - Communist (1919-1956)
- Socialist Reich Party (SRP) - National Socialist
[edit] Parties in (former) East Germany
[edit] As a socialist state
- Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
- Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD)
- Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (DBD)
- National Democratic Party of Germany (NDPD)
- Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
[edit] During transition
- Alliance 90
- Alliance for Germany
- Association of Free Democrats
- Democracy Now
- Democratic Awakening
- East German Green Party
- Free Democratic Party
- German Forum Party
- German Social Union
- Initiative for Peace and Human Rights
- New Forum
[edit] See also
- Lists of parties by name of the party, country, ideology or by membership of internationals; categories by country and ideology.
- History of Germany since 1945
- Liberalism in Germany
[edit] External links
- Political Parties (Germany) - List of German political parties since 1949
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